I’m linking to an excellent essay from Camilla Strandberg. We can get caught up in our identities as singers, and become unhealthy about it. This essay and manifesto frees us…
Tag: performance anxiety
Before you can do anything well, you must concentrate. You must still the mind in order to use the mind. In the Age of Anxiety we are in a mode…
Do you have favorite feedback sensations that tell you that all is well? I do. You may feel your upper range flying out of the back of your head, or you…
Please note that none of these quotations from singing masters of the past indicate a pervasively serious expression, a tall oval mouth opening, protruding lips, or a long, sad face.…
If one is filled with the spirit of the song, is sincere and earnest, and is filled with a desire to express what is beautiful and good he will not…
Often when I practice, especially after a break, I feel like I’ve forgotten how to sing. I just can’t open my mouth and do what seemed easy before – right…
Sometimes you just need a break. Don’t feel bad about that. It can be restorative to take a week or two off from your musical routine. As a music major…
I have a student who freezes up reading rhythms. He has dyslexia, but is very musically talented and accomplished (working on his master’s in voice). One crucial aspect of learning…
I am generally a good practicer. Not always as much as I’d like, but I’m fairly regular. Sometimes I’ll start vocalizing and not liking how I’m singing, but I know…
Heightened levels of adrenaline and feelings of anxiousness are common and normal for performers at any level. How to deal with performance anxiety is the subject of hundreds of articles…
I recently returned from the 9th Annual Contemporary Commercial Music Vocal Pedagogy Institute in Winchester, VA. This was my second time going, and it was once again an inspirational and…
